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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, The Discovery of Feisal Chapter 8 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the outbreak of World War I, the author was working for a museum at what location?
(a) A restoration lab.
(b) A history museum.
(c) An archaeological dig.
(d) A science lab.

2. As the Turkish system is being replaced in towns, what type of order is being restored?
(a) Arab order.
(b) Tribal order.
(c) Monarchic order.
(d) Koranic order.

3. At the beginning of the book, the Arab region is part of what empire?
(a) Hungarian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Russian.
(d) Ottoman.

4. Who functions as the historian for the small group of British in Egypt?
(a) Smyth.
(b) Sykes.
(c) Hogarth.
(d) Howard.

5. The Turks are divided into two groups, the Old Turks and whom?
(a) The Revolutionary Turks.
(b) The Bright Turks.
(c) The New Turks.
(d) The Young Turks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city will Adbulla's father, the emir, not allow the Turks to enter until he is dead?

2. Where does the Beduin find God?

3. England is involved in a war with this country when the Arab uprising begins to occur.

4. The author's first assignment, after entering the British Army, is to what expeditionary force?

5. While Lawrence is gone on vacation, he arranges to have himself transferred from his current command to what bureau?

(see the answer key)

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